The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-08-06
SAMANTHY OF A TOWER. :"


three on 'em, consented with alack.
rity. Towers are so elevatin' and
|upliftin'.
lie proposed that we should go on
our first tower to Washington. Says
ne: "We are all run behind in payin'
visits; less go first and see Miss
Bean.',
Miss Bean is his favorite third
cousin on his own side. He thinks a
sIgnt on her. But good land so do
I. | hain't a mite Jealous; L like
AIlss Bean, She may be little vain
and gin to likin' her relation over
Pnd above well. But good land that
NslR good fault. | like Miss Bean.
zAnd re owed her lots of visits ; she
nadesher home with us before
sxe aafried Bean
SO we set sail early cue mornir'
and arrived at Miss Beanses, Wash.
ington, ID. c., just as the sunset was
lowehu' down her purple mantilly
and halgin' it in graceful folds over
the settia' sun.
The sun had gone out of sight. and
the mantiIly l speak on all lay in
duskI crumpled folds right down on
the hGizon, but | have to flower off
facts alittle.
MissBean wuz glad to see us, and
she ant Josiah seemed almost over
glad to,neet again. But l see at first
sight 0nd mentioned it to Josiah
atterwafl) that poor woman had
failed drtfully, and pitied the poor
thing, AM says L 81 am afraiG that
Bean hah't what he should be-"
And Josiah said: "He never
thought nuch of Beam" which may
be true SO ar as / know.
Bean WIS off a travelin' on the
road for gnceries.
Well, th next mornin' known
that this tcwer was a short one, we
didn't lay o,t to stay more'n two OF
three days, and known from our ele-
waited posititns a great deal would
be expected d US by Janesville and
the world in he line of knowledge,
l seys to josiah early the next
mornin'-
"JOsiah Allen, it stands us in hand
to be up and doin'," and seys l, as
midellin' solemn events; What shall
we tackle first, Josiah 2"
And he says, 1.-THE Capitol"
And consequently we tackled it.
lninsgetly after breakfast. a gooG
one Though the steak Wuzn't so ten
der as L have seen, and the bread
wuzn't like the bread in a certain
stone churn, in certain buttery, and
, SO l mentioned to Josiah) still it was
a midellin' good breakfast, and We
sot out in pretty good sperets. and
the street car. We thought we would
ride round the city little afor we
tackled the Capitol. Miss Bean haC
to stay home to tend to things, anC
though Josiah seemed to be desper
eted about her not gOin' with US,
felt inclined to look on it as dispen
sation, and to be resigned to it.
I was dressed we'll and felt well.
had on bran new parmethy dress
and a mantilly of the same, witt
tabs, long new green veil, a UNI
berel, as good as new, and l also baC
new pair of woosted gloves, th'
same color as my dress. l CORE
sponded all through, and felt well
but not naughty.
And so we wended our way alons
the broad, clean. beautiful streets
why they wuz that clean you coult
almost eat your breakfast off 'em, an(
broad, why broad is no name fo
'em.
And seys to Josiah "What dc
you spose makes the streets so broaC
and clean? ?"
And he says: "What henders tn
streets from bein' broad when tn
government owns the hull country
1t would be pity if it couldn't max
the streets broad enough to sprea'
itself out in" Says he, "The law G
American freedom is wide one;
takes sights of room to roll aroun,
in, and it impresses foreign native
dretfully to see the wedth of tn
tracks. And as for their bein' S
clean,' says he, "there is lots of abb
bodied men here who don't have
thing to do only to make law nov
and then, 1 spose mebby they la,
hold and help sometimes"
81 don't believe it," says
"They'd think it were demeenin
'em. Not that it would be-" seys
"For this is clean work compared t
some they have to do. But, how
somever, they wouldn't do it,"
"Oh, WE'LL" seys Josiah. I"
shouldn't wonder if they would, jes
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